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shuize · Joined: 04 Sep 2004 Posts: 1270

Most countries with a standard of living high enough to offer decent health care, socialized or not, are going to require more than $2,000 to $3,000 in savings a year to get someone to any sort of comfortable retirement. Unless that person doesn't mind living on cat food, that is.

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

All the more reason to stay abroad, says I. But, that's me. You won't make it anywhere without good planning and an eye to your future. Someone like TedKarma's got the right idea about such things, Augur of Asia he be.

MamaOaxaca · Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 201 Location: Mixteca, Oaxaca

Mep3,

Over in the Mexico forum, you were asking about part time positions at unis in Mexico. Are you open to working 8 hours a day? Teaching 3 but putting in 8 a day on campus? With an office to while away the other 5 hours in? Of course you will be planning lessons, marking homework and doing important research while in your office. Wink

Are you looking for an Urban Metropolis, or a small town?
PM me and I can pass on some info about teaching at a university in a small Mexican town.

sidjameson · Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 629 Location: osaka

This thread has a far too negative tone I feel. 2k a year! This can be saved in any number of countries. From Vietnam to Mexico I would have thought. Health care? Not so sure, but many jobs offer health care of some description.
Actually, it sounds like you may have a health problem that you know about that is likely to affect you in later years. If so, I would consider Japan as with your quals you should at the least get into a high school. You can easily save 10k a year then and you would get put onto the national health system. (I think.....not 100% sure so check) And this is a first world country. Japanese live to 500 or something so I guess their care system must be ok.

Venti · Joined: 19 Oct 2006 Posts: 171 Location: Kanto, Japan

About Japan

stillnosheep · Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 2068 Location: eslcafe

shuize · Joined: 04 Sep 2004 Posts: 1270

John Hall · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:28 am Post subject:

Regarding health care, you might want to consider Costa Rica, which is a Third World country with a government-funded health care system. (How is that possible? There is no military!) There are a lot of retired Americans living here already. I actually teach at a private university in C. R. Many universities here are upgrading their programs in order to be able to graduate students who are professionally fluent in English.

Your only problem might be in saving the $2 or $3 K per year...

eslstudies · Joined: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 1061 Location: East of Aden

I was always told China was the bottom of the pile, but I was comfortably saving average USD 800 a month.
Health care is another matter. Employers will give you basic clinic coverage, but anything major and its user pays. The big cities have reasonable public medical and dental, with local prices.
As for retiring there, China does have a visa class, but I think you need to have a lot of money invested in the country. Or marry a local. There will be plenty of applicants in their 20s, but most aren't interested in staying in China............or staying with you, if you're unlucky!